LMT vs. BA, HON, TDG, GD, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Lockheed Martin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lockheed Martin include Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Lockheed Martin vs.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Lockheed Martin has a net margin of 7.51% compared to Boeing's net margin of -17.76%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 101.47% beat Boeing's return on equity.
In the previous week, Boeing had 24 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 96 mentions for Boeing and 72 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Boeing's score of 0.92 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lockheed Martin has higher revenue and earnings than Boeing. Boeing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lockheed Martin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lockheed Martin currently has a consensus price target of $555.60, indicating a potential upside of 25.54%. Boeing has a consensus price target of $195.16, indicating a potential upside of 9.23%. Given Lockheed Martin's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lockheed Martin is more favorable than Boeing.
Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boeing received 1253 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.10% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote while only 59.07% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boeing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Lockheed Martin beats Boeing on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LMT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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